Doctor Who's new show runner Steven Moffat has decided to start afresh for Series 5 by saying goodbye to the friends and foes we've met since the show was revived in 2005. "Fans always look back, but shows have to look forward," he said whilst attending the ComicCon in San Diego, California. "There’s a brand new audience of kids for Doctor Who each year and they have to think it’s their programme, not some relic that belongs to their parents."
He added: "I'm as obsessed with the show's past as many in the audience, but I have to resist my impulse and keep everything fresh.
"Wiping the slate clean would also mean that the Doctor's oldest nemesis, the Daleks, won't be returning in 2010. According to the man himself, this is a good thing as he plans to introduce new enemies and monsters for the Time Lord to battle.
"You've got to be careful you don't make the universe seem like it's got about seven people in it, all about to be exterminated by the Daleks," he explained. "You want it to be a big, wide-ranging universe."
However, he refused to comment on whether or not his clear-out would include Rose Tyler, played by Billie Piper, who was last seen at the end of Series 4 starting a new life on a parallel world with a clone of the Doctor.
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